Comparison

Clientele vs 5th Gear CRM

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Clientele

Organize all customer communications in one place. Make calls, send texts, and emails directly from your contact list. Ideal for sales professionals to log activities and share marketing materials.

Highlights
  • Organize customer communications
  • Make calls, send texts, and emails
  • Import contacts from device
  • Log field activities
  • Share marketing collateral
  • Track collateral opens and clicks
Features
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> Struggling to keep all customer related communication organized? That is exactly the problem Clientele solves. You can make calls to your clients, send text messages and email using Clientele from your list of customers imported from your device. > Simple UI for Video Meetings/calls/email/texting without the functionality overload > Can help capture activities in the field Ideal mobile app for sales reps on the go and field sales professionals who want to log calls and actions by using a simple tool. Stay tuned for Recording and Transcription of your calls. =============== > Share marketing collateral and slides from the App. Track opens and clicks.

About

5th Gear CRM

This platform streamlines sales, service, and marketing for businesses. It automates lead follow-up with SMS, calls, and emails, consolidating all client communications in one thread. Capture leads through various tools like landing pages and forms.

Highlights
  • Automated lead follow-up
  • Unified client communication
  • Lead capture tools
  • Integrated sales and marketing
  • SMS, email, and call automation
Features
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Faster follow up and better communication = more customers. We help businesses grow with our sales and marketing automation platform. - We bring many tools together in one platform so you don't have to "duct-tape" multiple platforms together - Automatically follow up with leads using SMS messages, automated and manual phone calls, custom phone numbers, email, and more - All of your conversations sit in one message thread, making it easy to see all communications with a client. You can see notes, tasks, and appointments in one place. - Capture leads using our landing pages, surveys, forms, calendars, inbound phone system and more

Screenshots

Clientele4 screens
5th Gear CRM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clientele at 5.0 against 5th Gear CRM's 3.0. Clientele also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 5th Gear CRM's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clientele holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5th Gear CRM has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clientele ships an update every 9 months, 5th Gear CRM monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Clientele versus 5th Gear CRM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClientele5th Gear CRM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB324 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperonepgrIBX Digital, LLC

Customer experience

Clientele

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

5th Gear CRM

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Clientele

No in-app purchases

None

5th Gear CRM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clientele free?
Clientele is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 5th Gear CRM free?
5th Gear CRM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clientele or 5th Gear CRM?
Clientele is rated higher. Clientele averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while 5th Gear CRM averages 3.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Clientele or 5th Gear CRM have ads?
Neither Clientele nor 5th Gear CRM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clientele or 5th Gear CRM?
Clientele ships an update every 9 months, and 5th Gear CRM monthly. Most recently, Clientele was updated on October 24, 2026 and 5th Gear CRM on October 20, 2026.

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